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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:49:12 +0200
From:      Christoph Sold <so@i-clue.de>
To:        list--t1@hotmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Updating openssh and other stuff from dist
Message-ID:  <3B9CE0F8.4020704@i-clue.de>
References:  <20010910134042.B20131@tintin.taa.dk>

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list--t1@hotmail.com wrote:

>This might be trivial .. but : What is THE CORRECT way of updating
>software contained in the dist-files ?
>
If you want to update the tarballs with FreeBSD-specific patches: hte 
ports system make process does this for you ("make patch", will be 
automatically include in "make install".

If you want to update an installed port from an older version, have a 
look at /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade.

HTH
-Christoph Sold



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